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So, up until last night, I’ve only used the senses of sight and hearing in my non lucid dreams. But, with my most recent dream, I stuck out my tongue in cold weather, and it stung, as though it were actually starting to freeze over. Could this potentially be an indicator that I was more aware than usual in that dream, and would that possibly indicate my progress towards becoming a more regular lucid dreamer?
^^ Unfortunately, no, the sensation you felt, I think, might indicate a diminished level of lucidity in your dream.
The awareness you are looking to heighten for lucidity is waking-life self-awareness -- awareness of your presence in the moment, and that there is a "You" interacting with reality, just as reality is interacting with you -- and feeling pain reflects a heightened sense of sensory awareness, which does not equal self-awareness, or lucidity. Indeed, feeling pain in a dream and not recognizing the fact that this should not happen may show that you have become more accepting of the false reality presented to you in your dream, and doing so makes knowing you are dreaming (and gaining self-awareness) a bit more difficult.
I'm not sure where it started, or why (though LaBerge has voiced regret in promoting the word "lucidity" because it might imply the wrong thing), but there seems to be a commonly held and incorrect belief among LD'ers that lucidity equals vividness, or increased sensory input. So it might make sense to you that the increased sensory input of feeling pain in a dream means you were showing signs of being lucid; but it doesn't. Lucidity is all about self-awareness, and nothing more, or less. You can be powerfully lucid in dreams in the dullest of dreams just as you can be not lucid at all in the most vivid of dreams, and vise-verse.
If, of course, I misunderstood and you were surprised, during the dream, to feel the cold bite your tongue, because you knew that was not supposed to happen,then yes, that is indeed a sign that a small sense of lucidity has crept into your NLD's, and this would indeed help you become a more regular LD'er... here's hoping I misunderstood!